breadwinner

breadwinner

英 ['bredwɪnə]
　　美 ['brɛdwɪnɚ]

n. 負擔傢計的人；養傢糊口的人

中文詞源：

breadwinner 養傢糊口的人

bread, 面包。win, 古義追求，同Venus, 愛神維納斯。

例句：

1. Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.
社會地位很大程度上是由傢裡經濟支柱的職業決定的。

2. When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner.
她丈夫死後,她不得不賺錢養傢.

3. I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner.
一直由我支付賬單，維持傢庭生計。

4. When the breadwinner is ill, his children will do anything rather than starve.
大人病瞭, 兒女們做賊做娼也比餓著強!

5. When his father died, he became the breadwinner of the family.
父親死後, 他便成瞭全傢養傢糊口的人.